SOFITS - MODUS OPERANDI


1. Sofits is a cooperative group of active women age 50 years and over.  All are comfortable on skis and enjoy training together.
2.  Dryland Sofits train specifically to improve their cross country skiing skills.
3.  Sofits meet in fair, foul and bitter weather.  Workouts are canceled  only if the driving is dangerous ( hurricanes, earthquakes, freezing rain).
4. We are a diverse group, each training at her own level.
5. Sofits  support each other without criticism. This extends to our Facebook groups.  Any rude, critical  or hostile messages will be deleted immediately and the sender removed from the group.
6.The name "Sofits" refers to the group, not to individual people.  All  "Sofits" events are open to the group at large.   If a small group of you decides to  run/ski/swim/hike/bike by yourselves, without communicating this to the rest of the group, you are meeting as  friends, not as Sofits.


Workout locations change weekly.  Details are always posted by Sunday or Monday, on www.sofits.ca, .  Please indicate whether you will be coming by writing your name on the attendance or away sheet for that date.  Jo-Ann really appreciates  knowing this several days ahead so that the workout can accommodate the number of women attending (the fine tuning of the workout is done on Tuesday, not Friday morning!)  Similarly, Jo-Ann would appreciate not being contacted late  Friday morning with last minute questions.   If a workout is canceled due to catastrophic weather, the cancellation will be posted on www.sofits.ca and also on Facebook.   (Note that a facebook message can take over an hour to show up in your inbox!) If in doubt, please check just before you leave home!


?    You are encouraged to talk and sing except while the coach or one of her helpers is explaining the workout.

?    Simply step quietly aside and watch if an exercise bothers your ankle/back/neck/shoulder/knee/hip/wrist/elbow/sense of decorum.    (There would be nothing left if I removed each offending exercise!)

?    Grunting and groaning is encouraged during difficult exercises.   However, if you simply dislike or disapprove of an exercise, please refrain from saying so during our practice.       Feel free to send Jo-Ann an email about it, or talk to her when she is not coaching, or look for another group that has what you are looking for.  K